Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 3 September (HL10232), how many asylum seekers are currently placed in (1) hotels, (2) houses of multiple occupation, and (3) other locations and facilities in England, broken down by local council.
The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in contingency and dispersed accommodation, including houses of multiple occupation, across England as at 30 June 2025.
The below figures are broken down by region. The data is available on GOV.UK under Immigration statistics and can be further broken down by local authority.
Region | Hotels | Dispersed Accommodation | Other |
East Midlands | 1,755 | 5,142 | 348 |
East of England | 2,757 | 2,527 | 1,556 |
London | 10,081 | 4,350 | 2,730 |
North East | 309 | 6,891 | 96 |
North West | 3,686 | 16,820 | 690 |
South East | 3,402 | 3,122 | 449 |
South West | 2,132 | 2,262 | 126 |
West Midlands | 3,913 | 8,930 | 427 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 2,129 | 6,956 | 601 |
This Government is delivering on its pledge to close asylum hotels; drastically reducing taxpayer costs and giving control back to local communities. This Government is committed to ending the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the end of the Parliament.